Mirror mounting mechanism



INVENTOR. Rex Ffigusan R. FERGUSON MIRROR MOUNTING MECHANISM Filed March 22, 1956 April 5, 1960 g in xv A? Q "a a QIIIIIIIIlII MIRROR MOUNTING MECHANISM I Rex Ferguson, Fort Smith,Ark., assignor to Ballman- Cummings Furniture Company, Fort Smith, Arie, a corporation of Arkansas f I Application March 22, 1956, Serial No. 573,183

6 Claims. (Cl. 248-28) This invention relates to improvements in-mounting supports for mirrors, or the like, and more particularly to adjustable mounting supports for such articles.

The primary object of this inventon is to provide a substantially hidden supporting means for mirrors and the like whereby the mirror may be tilted both backwards and forwards or adjusted to any intermediate position between the most forwardly andmost rearwardly position.

Another object is to provide a mirror holding means .for frictionally holding a mirror in any position to which it has been adjusted and including an adjustablerfriction thread into, side rails of frame 27 which mounts a mirror 28, only'fra'gments of which are illustrated. Arm 18 has a transversely extending passage or hole 20 formed therein a short distance from the normally lower endthereof. Said hole 20 is positioned to permit alignment thereof withe the transverse hole in mounting block 15. Pivoting means, preferably bolt 21 having a wing nut 22, are adjustably and releasably mounted in said aligned holes 17 and 20 respectively.

The lower end 18-a of said mounting arm 18 is reduced and has a rearwardly and downwardly beveled forward face 23 which is in a plane at an angle to the vertical plane of the forward face 18-h of the upperpart of arm 18. Such angle preferably is about 7 degrees force mechanism whereby the force with which the mirror is held in a given position may be varied.

A further object is to provide a mirror mounting unit which will permit adjustment of the mirror without the possibility of knocking over objects standing on the surface of the dresser or other piece of furniture upon which the invention is affixed.

A still further object is to provide a device for adjustably mounting mirrors andthe like which is simple in:

construction and inexpensive to. manufacture.

but may be in the range of 5 to lO'degrees. Such beveled face 23 is adapted to'contact the rear face of the vertical rear wall 12 or back ofthe dresser to limit the rearward tilting movement of said arms and of the mirror supported thereon.

The arm 18 has formed therein just above the trans verse hole 20, a flat inwardly sloping face 24-a herein shown as part of recess 24, the deepest portion of which is substantially opposite the upper face of the dresser top and the upper end of the mounting block 15. The

juncture of said recess, being the limit of the inward Other and further objects of the instant invention will become apparent from the following description and article of furniture, such as a dresser, and having my adjustable mirrorholding device thereon.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of my said mirror holding device and its normal mounting in relation to the upper rear portion of a dresser, and illustrating different positions of said device in dotted lines, and looking at the left hand upper corner portion of the dresser.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentaryperspective view of my mirror holding device. I

As shown on the drawings:

An article of furniture 10 such as a dresser, only a fragment of which is seen, is illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. Said dresser has an upper face or horizontal top 11, a vertical rear wall or face 12, and vertical sides 13, all of which are joined together in a conventional manner.

It will be appreciated thatinthe use of theterm dresser herein includes any article of furniture on which the device illustrated in Fig. 3 may be employed as a mirror mounting member.

A mounting block 15, preferably of wood, though which may be of, other suitable material is provided. Said block 15 has 'a plurality of spaced apart holes 14. A plurality of screws 16 extend through said holes and are mounted in the rear wall and upper edge of the dresser, as illustrated in Fig. 2, to mount said block in substantially vertically extending position.

Block 15 is mounted on the rear vertical face 12 so that its upper end is even with or slightly below the horizontal surface of the dresser. The block 15 has a slope of face 24-a, and the upper part of the beveled face 23 form a forwardly extending abutment 25 which is normally positioned a short distance below the upper face 11 of the dresser. Said face 24-11 contacts the upper portion of the rear face 12 of the dresser to limit the forward tilting and pivotal movement of the arm 18, the

extreme forward positions being indicated in the dotted line position F. in Fig. 2. The rearmost tilted position is illustrated in the dotted line position R, shown in Fig. 2. About a 7-degree slope of face "24-a from the vertcal plane defined by face 18-h has been found to be practical for dressers of standard dimensions. However, the slope of face 24a'-may vary from -5 to 10 degrees for satis' factory results.

The depth of recesses 24 will be varied according to the size and arrangement of the components to obtain the previously specified degrees of forward tilting that will be required in order to cause reflection in the mirror of the lower parts, feet and shoes of a person. Said forward maximum tilting movement enables a person to see mirror reflection of his shoes and lower parts of his or her garments when standing a short distance from the dress er; and the stop face 24-(1 prevents excessively forward" tilting which would cause image to be primarily of the dresser top.

Rearwardly tilted positioning of the mirror, its frame and the arms 18 will permit viewing reflection of a persons head, hat or other head dress and rearward tilting stop 23 prevents excessive rearward tilting of the mirror which would reflect only what is above the viewer.

It is well known that when several persons of different heights use either a rigid vertical plane mirror of most dressers, or one which may be pivoted by a pair of center pivots mid-Way between the upper and lower edges of the mirror, it is impossible to view the lower parts of a persons dress when standing in average dlstances from the dresser. Alsoin such cases it is impossible for the taller persons to view their head and head dress due to Patented Apr. 5, 1960 i 3 the too low positions of such conventionally mounted, mirrors.

This invention provides for selective positioning and quick and easy selected releasable securance, of the, de scribed adjustable mounting; means so that either the lower areas and objects immediately in front O the dresser may be, viewed or thosewhich are at higher levels previously described. I

It will be'appreciated that one or more of the units illustrated in Fig. 3 maybe used, the number depending on the size and weight of the mirror.

ldesire it to be understood that the tension produced by manual tightening of'the wing bolts 22 causes ample frictionalengagement between the opposed adjacent faces of; the arms 18 and mounting block 15 so that the arms 18 will remain in the selected'position to which they are manually moved until another manual movement for a new positioning is effected.

As many changes could be made inthe above construction, and as many apparently widely different embodiments of my invention within the scope of the claims could be constructed without departing from the spirit and scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the accompanying specification shall be, interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

- I claim;

1. In an article of manufacture, a mirror-holding de vice for providing limited forward, and rearward-mirror tiltand comprising, in combination: a passaged mounting block adapted to be rigidly attached to the back of an article of furniture; a mounting arm adapted to have its upper part rigidly attached to the back of a mirror, and being pivotally connected to said mounting block, said arm having a lateral pin-receiving hole in its lower portion, and having a forwardly opening recess for restricting the forward tilting of the mirror located above the hole, said arm having a forwardly facing beveled face below said hole for restricting the rearward tilting of the mirror; and a pivot pin extending through the holes in the mounting block and mounting arm and being disposed below the top of the article in connection with which the device is employed.

2 A device for supporting a mirror with limited backward and forward motion with respect to a dresser and the like having a flat rear face and comprising an-elon gated mirror support member which when erect holds the mirror substantially in the plane of said rear face, the,

lower end portion of said support member having, a con; cavity and a rearwardly tapered surface belowsaid con; cavity whereby said arm may be pivoted forward. and backward; a block adapted to be rigidly'secured to the back of the dresser and being in frictional engagement with said support member; a pivot member for said support member disposed below the dresser top between said concavity and said rearward tapered surface and extending through said block, and an adjusting member mount ed on said pivot member.

3. A device as defined in. claim 2 wherein said pivot member defines a pivotal axis between said concavity a'nd the rearwardly tapered surface;

4. A mirror holding device for providing limited forward and rearward mirror tilt and comprising a transversely passaged mounting block adapted to be rigidly attached to theback of an article of furniture; a mounting arm adapted to have its upper part rigidly attached to the back of a mirror and pivotally connected to said mounting block, said arm having a lateral pin-receiving hole in its lower portion disposed, when in operable position, adjacent the article of furniture on which the block is adaptedto be mounted,,a recess partially defined by an inwardly curved face for restricting forward tilting of the mirror, and means on its normally lower end portion for restricting the rearward tilting of the mirror located below said hole, and a pivot pin extending through the passage in the mounting block and hole in said mounting arm and disposed between said recess and said means for restricting rearward tilting.

5. A mirror-holding device for providing limited forward and rearward mirror tilt and comprising, in combination: a mounting block adapted to be rigidly attached to the back of an article of furniture having a vertical flat; a mounting arm adapted to have its upper part rigidly attached to the back of a mirror, and being pivotally connectcd to said mounting block, said arm having a, lateral pin-receiving hole in its lower portion, means for restricting forward tilting of a mirror on said arm and consisting of a recess in the forward face of saidv arm and means for restricting rearward tilting of said.

arm and of a mirror thereon consisting of a downwardly and backwardly beveled forward face on said arm belowsaid hole, said hole being adapted to be disposed belowthe 'fiat'of the article in connection with which device is employed, the angle between said beveled face and recessed. face being about 7 degrees to the plane defined by the forward face of said arm; and a pivot pin extendextending through said holes of said block and of said arm; said arm having a concave recess in its forward face above the transverse plane of said pivoting element,

said recess forming an inwardly fiat face adapted to con-- tact the rear portionat the edge of the upper portion, to limit the forward tilting movement of said arm; the lower end portion of said arm having a forward, downwardly and rearwardlybeveled face adapted to engage the rear face portion to limit rearward pivoting move ment of said arm.

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